Hey man, I get it, we’re not going to get Removable Storage. Again. At least it’s a Type-C connector. They’ll have learned from our complaints about the OnePlus 2 and it’s non-USB 3 Type-C connector, right? Wrong.

The USB Type-C connector on the OnePlus 3 only supports USB 2 speeds. Why is this such a big deal? The OnePlus One supported USB 3. At release.

Their OnePlus 3 ‘Flagship Killer’ can’t even best the OnePlus 1.

No Cool Features

There is nothing that stands out about this device. Nothing at all.

Samsung GS7 will have Wireless Charging. And Waterproofing. The LG G5 is going to be modular in some aspects.

The OnePlus 3 has ‘Dash Charging’ which I can only assume is their equivalent of fast-charging. This doesn’t sound anything all that dis-similar to Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 to me.

Price Point

The OnePlus 3 is coming in at $399. The OnePlus 1 came in at $349. There’s an extra $50 of cost, but the features don’t match.

More price, less features. You can get an Unlocked GS7 32GB (with removable storage mind you) for ~$450 on eBay. The LG G5 is ~$500 on eBay. The price point simply isn’t competitive. Knock $50 off the price and maybe you’d be in business. This is coincidentally about half the cost to go buy a combination USB-C/USB-A Stick.

I tell you what though. The OnePlus 3 has some cool specs to it. It’s just not a Flagship Killer.

It’s a Flagship Flop.

And, as someone who bought into OnePlus’s story of “Never Settle” with the OnePlus 1 (which I’m still using and happy with over 18 months later), I’m not impressed.

And I’m certainly not going to settle for a feature-lacking, incomplete phone.

And neither should you.

The phone to get (for Android users) will be the LG G5, the Samsung Galaxy S7, Moto Z, or the next Nexus phone.